The Sun. — London, England, 1809-08-31 00:00:00

The cotinnission appointed by hi; Ntaiesty,not having- yet arrtved'• ,trick, the Marshal Duke of Dwtzic"has appointed two; the one miktarv, • the ut:er of Gov rnment. Major-General Baron presides over I:to h.— (40ille do .Aord, Auguit -t s) Ace to adtf•ces received - yesterday; the King w ts , on; t he 7 h at Ossettdugl, Yvhere,•at this titre a considerable torceof French and etch troops at,: assembling ; the ent irons are so full of troops, that from 100 to 160 a e quartered with each pea- Sant ; great preparations are making for the purpose of undertaking some inipottant affair against South Beveland., The head-quarters of his Majesty were expeeled at Rosendahl, those of the General in Chief of the Frebeli troops-are at Capelie. Already there is a considerable force between Antwerp and Wil liattistaol.—(Abeille du Aord, Aug. 10.) KEMPTEN. Aug. 6.—Thd Vdralberg insurgents, who were hit herfO in possession of the mountains an i woods to the-south of this plaCe, have suddenly returned to their homes, amid loud curses of their, leaders and the Austrians. Only-a few bands Of va gabonds ramble about, intoxicated with brandy,. and 'plunder the hamlets and detached houses. At Rentz all the persons from the Illendistriet, - who had been arrested by the insurgents as suspeUed persons, and dragg:d thither, have been set at liberty; with the declaration that as all resistance was over-, they might go where they pleased. To-morrow General Pic ard proceeds with a considerable force to . the Vor lbe tit. r LINDAU, AvG, s.—lntelligence being. received, that all army 01 30,.,000 Bavariat s and Frenchmen )td4,-,s9tered the:Tyrol, and had already advanced to , Yesterday the Voralbeig insurgents stir rendered at dis,.retion. The notorious Dr. Schnei der hiinscif went to the Bavarian advancedkguard, tvit' to a le-Ig - iv nt Bregenz,- :Ind delivered in a Written ad of submission, from the colletted depu ti( 'from the province; .he demeaned himself very hu , and appeared ;o be lull of apprehension. CASiEL, AUGUST 1 I .--Letter from his,EXcelien- Cy tiie Nlini,!ei'of the Interior to the Pretest of the Ocher D *3l trnent Cassel, August s, 181. MONSIEUR PREFECT, `" His N.hijeity the Zing our moat gracious. So hds heard v, ith ttie. greatest satistaaion-of the conu , ict of the.intlaSttants of his goad town of Brunswl:2k,' during the shot t abode:of the Duke of aid t .-re,ind he has cleSired me..to express this to , yyu conduNed yourself iia that, affair likean . UprigirSeiv - ai)( and loyal subject of toe king's. 4e I send 'you a cbliy . of aDt which will shew the mood or Brutick with what dis _ . pleasn, his Majetty heard ut the tile. promise which Was m tile to his troops.,' Certainly etery Officer woufn hatie . paid, with his head for. the siLine..l in jury done to the inlia!)itants. Soldiers protect and defend peaceful citizens. 'Only robbers allow them selves to plunder. " Give the greatest publiCity to his Majesty's sen timents towards his good tOwn 'of Brunswick. I con gratulate myself on having received the command to communicate this toyou, and to assure you per sOnaliy of the Satisfaction of his Majesty. " I renew the assurances of my peace esteem. (Signed) • "The Miniker of the Interior, V. WO!. FRA CIT.!' MAILS. Gott4n6tirgh, t Dublin. Dux,-1 Gotten. burgh, i Matta, 2 Waterford. ' PRICE, or SToCK THIS DAY AT TWELVE CI'ILLOCE. Consols THE 6U N. 110L4/4 QUIS SALIUM, AVDtAT LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31 , 1809. Yesterday, after our Paper had been put to press, the Honourable Captain Stiacuo Aid-dc-Camp to .Lord WELLINGTON, arrived at the Secretary of State' Gifice, .with Di : .patches from that -Ge neial, dated at. Deleitosa. on tie Bth instrant..=— Tht- 7 state, ti.tat as soon as the B:itis.ti _Army bad recovered the • fatigue of the battles of • th e i 7 h a:id .28t".1 - ult Lord lA/ ..'ur.LtNo.roir proposed to March' . agaitW Souur and NEY, who were auvariaing with tho:intent ton of in his rear. His Lordship ac -1.. 'tordingly broke up from Ta'avera, for' that -pitrin e , le . iving General ellesTA, to defend that position, and ' about ; one thousand five bandied Brit:sh sick and wounded. General CUESTA, however,- having re ceived intelligence that NAV anal sotr'.7. had' cal--; lected such 4:lorce as would, in his opinion, brake thertvAtiativer-match for - the British arrny,,. he iiiltrirßukty:iinitterfalav e ra, fur the pu!pose of, remCorf:Agg,.Loru vv ELLINGTON. This moverrient enabled VICTOR to . advance and take possession of Tal.ivera, and, of course, our sick and wounded fell into:his hands. The advance of VICTOR entirely disconcerted Lord WELLINGTON'S plan of opera tions, because if he continued his march, he would be, placed between two armies, each superior to . his, own. He therefore efle&ed his retreat to Delei tom, wirere'he has taken, a position, in which he considered himself as perfeCtly secure. 'The French bad colleded thvir forces from,every ' part of Spain, in the hope of overwhelming the British Army. Their numbers were estimated as follow :—Vioroa and JOURDAN, 38,000 men SUCHET, who had ad , vanced from Arragon to 'Madrid, 6000 men.; Nay, MoaTIEs, and SOULT, 39,000 men ; making together 14,000 men. The British army, its ieinfOrcements, amounts to about 24,000 j CUESTA'S• 1 0 3 11 3,000 ; BERESFORD'S to 11,000; NERtoits's to 20,000 ; and Sir B. to . PAUL). 'baking together p 7,000, a force ,nutneri-: • tally greater than that of the French, but the Spa:.' n'sh and Portuguese new leviep cannot, we fear,' be considered ac equ 1 to the F .-itch in the MO. Private Letters have been received from Olinutz, dated the Bth init. which state, that at 01;4 time Preliminaries of Peace had not been signed, irr I,ad any notice: been. given 'of the rupture the Armistice. The principal Austrian army had been reinforced' to 200,000 men, and that of the Archduke JOHN to 65,000 men.. The condua of BUONAPARTE; in taking posSesson df AuStrian Poland for himself, has, it is said, excited the jealousy of Russia: Yesterday afternoon «•e received French and German papers; • the former to the 1 Ith, and the latter to.the tgtb 'hist: from which we have made copious extracts, With respect to. the impot taut question of Peace or Wai• between France and Aus tria, these papers gire us very little additional in-, formation. It is stated, indeed, in an. article from Paris, that CHAI%R.AGN 17 had set out for Raab, ..to put the finishing hand to the Treaty of Peace. .It appears that another kingdom is in contemplatiirn for one of BLIONAPARTE'S family ; ALEXANDER BERTHIER is to be appointed King of Switzerland: Yesterday noon his MAJESTY errived frorn'llf ind sor at the Queen's Palace ; where he .Was received by their lt.yal Highnesses the Dukes of KENT and CAMBRIDGE. At two O'clock his MAJETY held a _private Levee, which was attended by— Earl Camden, Eati Westmorl,ind, Earl orLiveipaol, Earl I3athurst, Earl Winchilsea, Viscount Cas.tlereagh, mut grave, Lord Levesmi Gower Lord Heatiltield , Lod (in Waiting), Sir David Dundas, General Finch, (Groom 'in Waiting), Mr. Canning, and Mr. Perceval. The following had the honour of being presented to his Affi.tEsTv • Lon! Walpole. on his return from the Continent.; • Colonel Drinkwater., to present the Tenth Report of the Commissioners of Military Inquiry, being on the Royal Mi litary dollege. CapC`xin F. Collier, on his promotion and return from the West Indies. Captain W. May, on his promotion and arrival with dis patches troth Admiral Sir IL Strachaii. And M.. M•Naught, on, his appointment to a seat on the Bench at \'ladras. His.MAJESTY afierwards held a. Privy Council, and gave audience to the Cabinet Ministers pre,etit, At half past fwelve his MAJESTY left town for Windsor. • The Duke of PORTLAND was not well enough to attend the Royal Levee yesterday. The Merino Sheep have at length been removed from St. James's Park.. . Yesterday, her 'Ruyal Highness the Princess of, WALES entertained a select party with an elegant dinner, at her / seat at Blackheath. Yesterday the Duke of BRUNSWICK gave a grand dinner iota large party of Unitary Gentlemen, at the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street. "i''esterdly the Duchess of BRUNSWICK inspected the improvements and alterations making at her in tended new residence in Spring Gardens. Their Royal Hignesses th:Dukes, of CLAREFICE and CU:UBE/MANI), as Stewards •ot Eghatn Races, have made a present of an elegant cup, to be run for. Last night Mr. MAJOR, one of his Majesty's Me's sengersi was sent from Lord CASTLERE.AGH'S Office to Bulstrode, with ,a Duplicate of the aspatckes,re ceived yesterday from Lord WELLINGTON, for, the Duke Of PORTLAND. The seizure of Cadsand is -known to have been among the fir3t objedi of. the British force ; aticl u Mile the respeaable garrison that now occupies Walcheren is - kept in that 'island, milli- the com mand of the passage wttid-, our -ships atforci, 'a large 'defet.sive fOrce must be maint,iined in Cad mic!. IA kith of c-urse lAN be so much detracted from. the force to be oppoSed to our principal army up the river. If Cadsand be weakened, it is - iti dsnger of sharing the tate of Walcheren..; if it •be kept in an etfectoal stale of defence, Lillo and _Atli werp will have less means to make a powerful re sistance. We understand; from the bt•st authority,. do there is no .doebt of the. tact that Walcheren perfectly tenable by .a British force in all, seasons. What has ben said abuu the ricer being frozen over in winter is quite a fable. The oldest inhabi- - tants remember nothing of the .kind ; and some have a perfeEt recollection for sixty years back. In one severe winter,' two young 'wen set out from Cadsand-with the - intention to pass over to Wal cheren upon ,A he ice; but, they were never heard of more. An attempt to send an army over this Way would therefore, oniy oppose it to the Certain and unprofitable destruction of being simalloWed up waves.before it could come in contact with the British forces. We 'trust that the further impor tant objects of the Expedition' will yet be iICCOIII- 041e3 ; but , Walcheren alone, thUS secure from recapture, is 2. most valuable acquisition ;'And it wit) of course be not the less pleasing to - Britons, because it will be always a most galling thorn in the side Of BDONAPARTE. On Saturday marched into Chatham barracks from Lincoln, the loth (2d batt.) to do duty there. On Saturday arrived at Plymouth. a Greek vessel from Crete, the tirst , of that nation ever in that port. The crew are hale, ugly, diminutive, swarthy-look- ing &flows, and give one no idea of a Gr e ek seaman ' in the days of • HMER. The following letter has been received by a House at Liverpool, from Sicily : MESSINA, JULY 17.—With respeist to political events in that quarter, you have, no doubt, heard of the taking of the two Islands of Ischia and Procida by our forces under Sir J. STUART. As yet there is no prospect of his making a descent upon Naples or the coast. 'The 'lower part of Calabria, which has been open a short time, is. again, shut against the English. All . must depend 't4pon the 'successes of AuStria . , from whence we hay' no late accounts." . On Monday last a foot-race took place on Epsom. Downs, which excited considerable interest among the sporting gentry; two men of N , ,reat notoriety in the pedestrian line, of the names of Pollard and Jones, were backed to run against, each the distance of twenty miles, for one thousand gttOea3. Atter. running twelve miles, Jones gave in, la;.-ing a mile and a half behind Pollard. Pollard is a native of Lan cashire, and a weaver; Jones is a public6:l, and a native .of Wales. • . NAVAL NEWS PLYMOUTH, AUG. 29.—Nrrived the ship Dorset, SPZUCS, . from Quebec, laden with masts and spars, for the Dock-yard at this port; sailed the t oth .3uly' in,company with a fleet ; consisting of 44 sail, under c , m'Vey 'of his Majesi)'''s ship Coqueite parted corn - pm) , with the whole fleet in hizy Weather, off the . Bitnks of Newfoundland, except four sail, which she 1 5 1 t . esterday morning off the Lizard. ' .4‘irivedbiS Majesty's ship York, of 74 guns . „ with 1it . 5...0ch 'prisoners on board, from Flushing ; .the ketCh Deodand, ROOK RIDGE, from Oporto, laden with wine a►d cork, bound to London; the Ameri '•- - • can ship JoOsorr, from Villa Nova, laden vitt) wine and cork, bound to this port, for orders; 'the Pappenburgh galiiot Jonge Carolina, 14triTEN, from Liverpool ; and the Aid, of Hull, CAD4AIELL 'master, from Gibraliar, laden with wine and cork; Viand to this port, .for orders. Sailed the Swallow slotip of war, for Falmouth, to ..take convoy for Oporto. • The American ship Faaor, which arrived here this morning, spoke a few days since the Isabella, 4rom Gibraltar, bpuiid. to England, all well. the French prisOners, arrived here in his Ma jesty, s.hhip York, were conveyed .on board the pri ion, ships in Hamoaze this afternoon. PORTSMOUTH, - AnG. 30.—Arrived his • Majesty's Ships Be!lona, 74 guns, Orion, 74, illustrious, 74, Alfred, 74, .Blazer, 74, Achilles, 74, ,and Tereus, 32 guns, from the Eastward. , . . Also the,. Goad Hoop, from the Downs for this. port ; Henry, an d Barnwell,'GANET, troll Sunderland ; also.the :I,iabella, BAXTER; Ger trude, CUNDY; Arab, HARVEY, and Essex, liaooxs," from Gibraliar ; Abraham, COBDEr; - . , from Valencia the whole of which remain at the Motherbank, un d:-.l.quarantine. FALMOUTH, JULY 28.—Sailed the Mermaid fri grite, with the Quebec convoy. The Horizon, La RURTON, is on shore at North- fleet. DEAL AuG. 30.—Sailed the outward-bound mer it chant ships under convoy of his, Majesty's ships Acastur, Dull4in, anti Transit, but are, come to an chor otf the South Forded, the wind coming round, The Bruc2; BALDpt, is put back with damage. , FISHMONGERS' COMPANY —A Special'Court was held on Wednesday last;'to consider of thepropriety of giving thell'recdom of the-Corporation ioColonel WARDLE, for his liarliamentary Conduct.--Mt.. .4er1143 n,Woop spoke in-taVOUr-of the motion, and a long debate, : with 4:great, difference of ,Opinion, sued: It was• urged in opposition rto the : motion, that .. the rrirvives •of the Colonel were dbubt thatite had admitted'thal his chara6ier req9itc.d vindication, and,. bad, pledged iiitnself to prove his in.nocence in a Court of Jus;ice. At length . theint,fio'n was negatived, but We:are sorry, for the hotiOur"of very reSpeatable CoMPany, that it was lust tit.? rnalority.o . only one: • • - • • bronght : forward a new Bith i Wd'ilctiolt, at the. Circus;, foMided on the .Tra, gedy of Macbeth This play affords great scope fur magnificence of .scenery in the castles ) the banquet, the wil&grandeur of nature,. and the terrific cere monies of witchcraft, ,and so far the,subjeal was %%ell-chosen for a speaacie of this kind. but justiceto coudnctor of this, theatre to say, that he has availed . himself of the' min*. 'scope attOrded him, and produced a ;rand . and • impressive exhi-; bitiOn.. An. appropriate address was spoken on the occasion by ELLISTON, and the piece was well received by a numerous audience.' During the performance of The SchoolfurSnl dal last night at the Haymarket Theatre, a person in the upper tier of Boxe.i amused himself in throwing chewed fmit upon the.head of a Gentleman in the. Pit.. The Gentleman, Mr. METCALFE, jun. of the Coal Exchange,. bore this,offeasive outrage for somb time with patience. but as the man in the Boxes-per severed, Mr. M. left the Pit, and had the man taken into custody by. one of. the Peace Officers who-at tend the Theatre. The man was taken to the Bow street Office, but as no Magistrate was sitting, he . was taken to the Watch-house in St. Mlrtin's.dane. The Constable of the Night was not onduty. The Otlicer, however, who had taken the offender into custody, thought proper to detain him:. He stated himself, to be a Sheriff's Officer and when Mr. METCALFE gave in his charge, he charged that Gentleman in return. A resperlahle inhabitant of . the parish, however; answered for his appearance before the Magistrate, and he was disChatged: Mr..ARNOLD and Colonel GagviLLE have formed a conjunEtibn.for a , dramatic s peculation dui-ing the wittier season, but, they talk of building. The satirical Poet says—.. Alas! what perils do emviron " The man who meddles with cold iron." And in those times the' evil is hardly less to those whO meddle with brick and mortar. • s• At Lisbon a Loan had been opened for the • . public service. Two millions of crusadocs, it was,intended, were to be raised by the merchants of that capital, and an . egtial sum by the Inhabitants of the Pro' noes. Provisions of every kind, -wine and olives, bad: all risen 'greatly in price. • - •. On' Sunday se'nnight, as the son of Lord, ALBE- I • MAHLE, a vouttr about seven year of age, was at, tempting to climb 'up the, tmtsic.leof t'he staircase at Elden-hall; he fen down, and fraLtured hts skull, but it is hoped iiot in a dangeinus wanner. - , As Mr. Dave, Ole Czilupo,ser, was returning to.! Hampstead on. Tuesday evening, abbru past eight, he was knocked down.: by t r wo,toofpds in Gray's-Inn-lace, 'std r:;6!)cci of his watch, chain, and seali, ;I,:'TENBURGti 4.1.A.1 LS. merchant .vesel„ GOTTEW,I named the Providetice, came in this morning, and brings the account of having seen his Nlajesty's ship Alaart, taken near the,Sl3haw,in a calm, by six gtsu boats, after a deqierate defence. A `letter received from Carlscrona, this morning, states, that they .had just- learnt of the Is -d of Ertholm haring been takeo. t possession by his Majesty's ship piClator. . Should this report be .correct, it will prove•of great imp rtance-to the BriA fish navy, as the fort and harbour will ,fully the. Baltic trade; and should occasion.require i. 2o sail of the line ,aiay.lay conveniently and winter there, as there is 4bove 40 feet water, and a god anchorage. The fortifying of, the coast, as far as Malrnocr - , still continues with great exertions. Admiral BEHTIE has detained a large Russian yes' sel, from Riga, laden with timber. STOCKHOLM, AUG. 15.—His Royal Majesty lEts sent to the Diet the following message, relative to ;4 pension, which the States are to allow the re King`GusrAvos ADOLPHUS, his Queen, and chil dren " The period is now fast approaching, when a Prince, who lately governed Swed,m, but who .e claim to the Swedish Crown :has been soletnnlY Cll celled by the unanimous' resolution of the States of the Realm, must absent himself. from' ibis country. Their, own spontaneous. wish agrees on this point with What the public tranquility and curity requires. His Royal Majesty' has taken the advice of the Secret_Committee, on a subject much itnportance; which; however, the st : ite of public affairs does not yet permit his Majesty to communicate to the Dieti arid he,' therefire, con. fines himself at present td the .question—=" What pensio , br yearly allowance, are -11. e States of the Realm willing to grant :to their late King, 'his Quee4 and. children ? Which question being answered, an other will occur relative to the country; which it will be most proper to assign for' the residence of Gtls4 TA,US ADOLPHUS and his family ?" " .His Majesty does not deem it superfluous to add some observations, which the States should bear in mind in their deliberation oh this. subjed. The States - cannot . but be aware that their .decision Must bear stamps of dignified generosity, which becomes a noble-minded nation ; that misfortune elaims,re spea, and That humanity itself commands forgive. ness , oblivion of the past. . 4 ( His Royal Majesty. is anxionsly desirous that the States of the 'Realm, by diyiding - the subje& under discussion ou these prineiples, should ,meet • wi,hes, and thus give a pledge ,to Europe of the pu rity of the motives which induced Sweden to revive her system of the 'Government, and renew the strue ture)of the State. " CHARLES." AGRICULTdIiE, MONTHLY REPORT FOR AUGUST. The Wheat, haryot. has nearly closed in, all but Abe intist . northern distriets, and, we regret to add, With - no very favourable proved as to its .average produce., The blight and mildew have 'much in jured the ear inthe eastern diitritl, and. in-- the homes counties the grain Mgenerallas suffered severe ly from the ,inclemency of the weather. ()Its -and Beans . prove the best crops . . Barleys are geherally thin. The potatoes have beets benefited •by the - late rains, and are now ex pe6ted to yield abundantly.--. The late sown Turnips have planted well, P.nd o (a; the Rape intended . for . st,ted: • .Clover Seed is not ex peded to rise well, from the too sucvnlvnt stale of them on tree growing lands. Though the cr4,ps of Hay have been short in trp;st c.initie,, the' detect is in .a Cnssiderable measure tlan»;en . sated by the' peat crops of laitermath grass that have succee ;ed. The Hop plantations in ,K.ent . ,and S . 3s , es, thwaga cleansed by the heavy rains,,expem,d to grow more than half - a ctop; the yrar's dill is n o t laid at more than 55,0001. The Meat Markets con tinue reasonahle.. Lean Stoc,k is on the advanc-, particularly , for store beasts. 'Fliosti.s of tilost kinds are cheaper. The Wool Iltlifkei keeps steady at last . month's prices. • ;x: . : • Yesterday morning a genteel locking yf , ting rran stopped to have his shbes cleaned in HUlbortt . ;• while. he was standing in slipperq, het ore the shoe-black had . begun his mperations, a sharper came up and rah• away with his shoes,. and gut clear orf, aithungh clesely pursued. Tuesday night; about eleven o'clock, as a young woman of the' name of Newman, lately from the country, was going ,along . Chick-lone, she Wag r rognded 134. "some females whorobbedher of a shawl, and five pounds' in - Bank . notes, being all she was • worth in the world, and which she had saved to 5 , .11.), port her till she got into service. • The offenders made their escape towards Saffronhill. • • About two months ago, a Mari employed at Percy Main colliery, went for a hurt he had received to the Newcastle , Infiimary, 414 being cured, was last week discharged ; btit what 'must his sensations • have:been on 'reaehing, home,. to find that his wife (who had •been informed of the time he would re turn), had gone off with another man, and left their child, about 14 'months old, in the - house and . onprote6ted. She had_ 'previously broken in pied:, everparticle in, the house. • . On Saturday as a Gentleman's . pleasure-boatwas - exercising off Hammersmith, she; upset in - a squA, .by which accident a lad,abOut 16 'years . of age was unfortunately drowned.